coast live oak
noun
Definition of coast live oak
: a highly variable evergreen oak (Quercus agrifolia) of the coastal zone of western North America from Puget Sound to Lower California with rather small thick usually spiny-toothed leaves that are dark green above but paler and somewhat shining below —called also California live oak
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